Pen Hadow

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pen Hadow
Occupation	Explorer
Date Of Birth	Feb 26, 1962(1962-02-26)
Age	62
Birthplace	Perth
Country	Australia
Birth City	Western Australia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Pen Hadow Biography

Pen Hadow is one of the most popular and richest Explorer who was born on February 26, 1962 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Rupert Nigel Pendrill Hadow known as Pen Hadow (British, born 26 February 1962) is an Arctic region advocate, explorer, adventurer and guide. He is the sole person to have walked solo and without resupply from third groups in the Arctic region, all the way from Canada all the way to Geographic North Pole.

In 2004 Hadow was a partner in 2004 with Simon Murray for a trek to the South Geographic Pole. The 1,200km trek began 5 December 2003, along Antarctica’s Zumberge Coast, approximately 120 kilometers to the east of the typical Hercules Inlet start point, and culminated at the South Pole on 28 January 2004. Murray (63) was the first person in history to make it to the South Pole from the continental coastline. The expedition raised $400,000 to the Royal Geographical Society (London)

Hadow is an Honorary Vice-President of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, an Honorary Vice-President of the Scientific Exploration Society, an Honorary Patron of British Exploring, and President of the OH Adventurers. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Exeter (2004), and an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Plymouth (2009).

He is also the first Briton to have trekked, without resupply by third parties, to both the North and South Geographic Poles from the respective continental coastlines of North America and Antarctica. Hadow led the multi- award-winning £6.5m international research programme, Catlin Arctic Survey (2007-2012) which investigated sea ice volume, ocean acidification and ocean circulation. A number of papers have since been published in scientific journals by the researchers. He accepted a World Technology Network Award (Environment) on behalf of the Catlin Arctic Survey team in New York (2009); and along with Ann Daniels and Martin Hartley (expedition team members on the 2009 survey), he was declared a ‘Hero of the Environment’ by TIME magazine for his team’s work. In summer 2017, he led Arctic Mission, which became the first boat expedition without icebreakers to sail into the ice-free international waters surrounding the North Geographic Pole. Its pioneering research into the wildlife, ecosystem, and marine pollution of these waters was led in the field by Tim Gordon (University of Exeter, UK). Its marine pollution work was cited by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Rhode Island) in the US Senate to introduce the ‘Save Our Seas Act’.

In 1995, he founded The Polar Travel Company offering guided trips in Antarctica, the Arctic and Antarctic as well as, most importantly, to the North Geographic Pole. In 1997, he arranged the McVitie’s Penguin Polar Relay, the first women-only expedition up to the North Geographic Pole, involving 20 British women who worked as four teams in 5 groups. They were accompanied throughout by two women professional Canadian guides.

Pen Hadow Net Worth

Pen Hadow is one of the richest Explorer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pen Hadow 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1977, at Harrow Hadow was at Harrow, he introduced the tradition of Harrow’s school known as Long Ducker, a 20-mile course that runs that runs from Harrow-on-the-Hill up to Marble Arch, and then back again, raising PS101.58 to the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Fund. While it was initially reported by the headmaster of the school as last run around 1927, Harrow ordered study in 2014 and found the fact that Hadow had been the only person ever to complete the entire distance. The event of Long Ducker has since become one of the principal annual events that involves students and teachers, as well as support staff and parents , and is able to raise over PS100,000 each year for charity. He was a student at University College London where he was given the Professor Bill Mead Scholarship, and was awarded the degree of BA (Hons) in Geography in 1984.

Hadow was employed by McCormack’s Sports Organisation from 1985-1988, as an agent representing the European Equestrian interests of International Management Group (IMG). He was in charge of IMG’s partnership to the Swedish Equestrian Federation to deliver the funds, via corporate sponsorship, that would have covered expenses for staging the first World Equestrian Games in Stockholm (1990). These Games brought together world championships of the six disciplines that fall under the authority of the International Equestrian Union (FEI) Dressage and eventing, as well as vaulting and endurance, endurance driving, carriage driving and show jumping.

In 2003, Hadow trekked 770 km from Ward Hunt Island, Canada to the North Geographic Pole in 64 days becoming the first person to complete the journey solo and without resupply. He started the trek on 17 March 2003, pulling a 265lb sledge and arrived 19 May. Of the 850 hours travelling across the disintegrating sea ice, he swam part of the way wearing an immersion suit when he encountered open water or thin ice. His book ‘Solo: Alone & Unsupported to the North Pole’ (published by Michael Joseph) recounts the journey.

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The Survey’s observations, viewed in the context of decades of existing measurements by submarines, satellites and buoys, led Professor Peter Wadhams of the Polar Ocean Physics Group (University of Cambridge) to suggest the Survey’s work added further evidence to an emerging view that there is a significant probability that by 2020 only 20% of the Arctic Ocean basin will have sea ice cover in the late summer. Professor Wadhams also suggested that by 2030–40, there is a significant probability that the Arctic Ocean’s sea ice cover will be transformed into an ice-free open ocean in summer times.

Facts & Trivia

Pen Ranked on the list of most popular Explorer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Pen Hadow celebrates birthday on February 26 of every year.

Why is Pen Hadow famous?

As an explorer Pen Hadow has pushed back the boundaries of human endeavour, polar exploration, and global engagement on sustainability. His iconic solo trek from Canada to the North Pole has never been repeated, and his leadership of non-governmental scientific exploration on the Arctic Ocean is without equal.

What subject did Pen Hadow read at uni?

He attended University College London where he was awarded the Professor Bill Mead Scholarship, and graduated with a BA (Hons) in Geography in 1984.

How much ice is left in the Arctic 2021?

Although higher, the 2021 minimum sea ice extent was around 4.724 million square kilometers , roughly 1.6 million square kilometers lower than the long-term mean. A northern hemisphere’s strong negative height anomaly in the geopotential in late summer kept the western Arctic cooler and reduced the ice from melting.

How thick is the ice at the North Pole?

The North Pole sits in the middle of the Arctic Ocean, on water that is almost always covered with ice. The ice is about 2-3 meters (6-10 feet) thick.

Is Arctic ice increasing?

Sea ice in the Arctic has decreased dramatically since the late 1970s, particularly in summer and autumn. Since the satellite record began in 1978, the yearly minimum Arctic sea ice extent (which occurs in September) has decreased by about 40% [Figure 5].